Easy Rubber Band Lego Car

I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun.

Easy rubber band lego car. This rubber band powered lego car will zoom across the floor for 20 feet or more. Construct a lego catapult this is so much fun to build. Building this car is a great engineering project that demonstrates the power of potential and kinetic energy. You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o.

This month we were invited to participate in a storybook stem challenge series. It would be fun to build these with a lego club or stem class and see whose car travels the farthest. Add some learning by measuring how far it shoots. This is an easy knot you can tie with two closed loops like rubber bands are.

Kids love building things that move. Hook the rubber band straight to the front edge of the tube without going over the front axle. I made a start and finish line with masking tape to facilitate racing. Build a rubber band powered lego car learn about potential and kinetic energy with this zippy little car that zooms across the floor under the power of a rubber band.

This rubber band powered car is an awesome engineering activity for your next stem project time. Build batman s vehicle with this cool lego rubber band car for a book inspired stem project. This is a simple instructable that tells you how to make a rubber band powered pull back car. Although i had initially thought that i needed to choose a book specifically about stem i realized any book provides the same kind of opportunity for learning including our beginner batman book collection.

Kids will have fun designing and building it and then winding it up and letting it go. It will rub and the car won t roll. I had hot glue guns on hand and all manner of fancy stuff for decorating the cars. Things you need rubber band kebab skewer straw cardboard 2 old cd s a toy car glue scissors compass tape pen.

How to make a simple pull back car rubber band powered. Slip the other band through the center of band 1 and pull about halfway through. There are lots of creative rubber band car ideas but you definitely need a rubber band and a way to wind it up. This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body.

Tie the rubber bands in a cow hitch knot. Plus it s even more fun if you can make a car go without just pushing it or by adding an expensive motor.